Interactive maintenance management alarm handling
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1. A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
- receiving an alarm from a transceiver of a mining vehicle, the alarm indicating a state of at least one of a component and a system of the mining vehicle, the alarm including an abnormal event identifier and at least one of an equipment identifier, a location, and an equipment operator identification;
storing the received alarm in a database;
analyzing the alarm, by;
identifying a minimum health factor for at least one of the component and system of the mining vehicle,identifying an occurrence frequency of the alarm,determining whether the minimum health factor for the at least one of the component and system of the mining vehicle has been violated, andusing the determination of whether the minimum health factor has been violated and the occurrence frequency of the alarm to determine whether the alarm is to be snoozed;
when the alarm is to be snoozed, setting snooze criteria; and
when the alarm is not to be snoozed, releasing the alarm.
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Abstract
An Interactive Maintenance Management System (“IMMS”) (10) is an alarm handling system (FIG. 2) for handling alarms (102) that indicate present or imminent equipment failure. The IMMS (10) may be utilized in industrial situations, such as strip-mines (14), to reduce equipment (12) downtime and reduce or prevent equipment failure. The IMMS (10) utilizes a flexible response system to track, analyze, and improve performance of the alarm handling system.
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1. A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
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receiving an alarm from a transceiver of a mining vehicle, the alarm indicating a state of at least one of a component and a system of the mining vehicle, the alarm including an abnormal event identifier and at least one of an equipment identifier, a location, and an equipment operator identification; storing the received alarm in a database; analyzing the alarm, by; identifying a minimum health factor for at least one of the component and system of the mining vehicle, identifying an occurrence frequency of the alarm, determining whether the minimum health factor for the at least one of the component and system of the mining vehicle has been violated, and using the determination of whether the minimum health factor has been violated and the occurrence frequency of the alarm to determine whether the alarm is to be snoozed; when the alarm is to be snoozed, setting snooze criteria; and when the alarm is not to be snoozed, releasing the alarm. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of handling equipment failure alarms comprising the steps of:
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receiving an alarm from a transceiver coupled to a mining vehicle, the alarm indicating a state of at least one of a component and a system of the mining vehicle, the alarm including an abnormal event identifier and at least one of an equipment identifier, a location, and an equipment operator identification; analyzing the alarm, by; identifying a minimum health factor for at least one of the component and system of the mining vehicle, identifying an occurrence frequency of the alarm, determining whether the minimum health factor for the at least one of the component and system of the mining vehicle has been violated, and using the determination of whether the minimum health factor has been violated and the occurrence frequency of the alarm to determine whether the alarm is to be snoozed; and when the alarm is not to be snoozed, displaying the alarm for action or information. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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